2007-05-02 16:01:43 · 4 answers · asked by sniffer 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
It depends on where you are in your treatment. Usually the Urologist diagnosis the prostate cancer, either thru a biopsy, or prostatectomy , the pathologist looks at the biopsy under a microscope with other pathologist to determine if its a malignancy or not, and then a Oncologist gets involved to stage and offer treatment options for cancer. He will work closely with the urologist to determine how invasive the tumor is and whether the pt has mets to the bladder, liver, bony mets, brain mets, lung mets or any spread of the disease.
Hope that helps. Im an Oncolgy RN.
2007-05-02 18:47:41 · answer #1 · answered by happydawg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually the urologist has the lead. The exception is when the cancer is metastatic and you are getting chemotherapy alone in treatment. The other discipline very involved in prostate treatment is radiation oncology.
2007-05-03 06:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by Ken O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
medical oncolgist- hence the word cancer
2007-05-02 16:09:03 · answer #3 · answered by futuredoc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a team approach. They each have their area of expertise.
2007-05-02 17:09:27 · answer #4 · answered by Nancy B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋